5 concerns Bills have entering their bye week

5 concerns Bills have entering their bye week

The Buffalo Bills enter their bye week on a high note, thrashing the New York Jets last weekend at MetLife Stadium. The 41-10 victory sealed a roller coaster portion of the schedule, culminating in a two-game stretch that the Bills (3-7) played two games each decided by more than 30 points. Buffalo split these games, losing to the Chicago Bears prior to defeating the Jets.

Even though the team ended this part of their schedule on a positive, there are still some reasons to be concerned about this team. Here are five concerns the Bills have as they move forward toward their week off:

Josh Allen’s health

Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott has indicated that Allen will start if he is healthy. That makes sense, as the team wants to have the rookie take as many game reps as possible as a part of his development. However, the seventh-overall pick in last April’s draft has been bounced around a bit and taken his lumps with sacks, scrambles, and hits behind the line of scrimmage.

While Buffalo’s brass will take every precaution prior to putting their franchise signal caller back on the field, there is always a concern for the injury to be re-aggravated. Especially an odd one such as the one Allen suffered. It’s the same injury that requires pitchers in baseball to get Tommy John surgery.

Could the injury put some doubt into Allen’s mind when he re-enters as the team’s starter? While not a strong possibility, it’s something that can cause worry.

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